The Classical Tradition

Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature

By: Gilbert Highet

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Paperback | 21 November 1985

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This landmark book explores the ways in which the Greco-Roman tradition has shaped modern European and American literature.

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"Highet has assembled a vast quantity of material concerning the manifold aspects of his subject, filled in gaps where no adequate work has been done, and presented a story characterized by lucidity, charm, and scholarly good sense."--Classical Philology "Solidly grounded and solidly built...[Highet] deals with every period, every movement, every individual, and every separate work as an interesting special case for which he tries to find the special explanation."--The New Yorker "Highet has assembled a vast quantity of material concerning the manifold aspects of his subject, filled in gaps where no adequate work has been done, and presented a story characterized by lucidity, charm, and scholarly good sense."--Classical Philology "A magnificent reference book....A noble effort toward the accomplishment of a staggering task."--Western Humanities Review "It is Highet's appreciation of good literature...which gives a special charm to his book...[It] will be read with gratitude by many."--Times Literary Supplement (London) "Solidly grounded and solidly built...[Highet] deals with every period, every movement, every individual, and every separate work as an interesting special case for which he tries to find the special explanation."--The New Yorker "An excellent outline...[an] intelligent, erudite, perceptive interpretation...a book for the times."--The Nation "A prodigious task, demanding learning, judgment, insight, and above all courage. Mr. Highet is to be congratulated on possessing all these....[He] founds his work on a sound knowledge of a vast array of facts and arranges them with great clarity....We may be thankful that Mr. Highet has attempted this task and succeeded, as very few could have, in it."--The Sewanee Review

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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xxxvii
Introduction	p. 1
The Dark Ages: English Literature	p. 22
The Middle Ages: French Literature	p. 48
Dante and Pagan Antiquity	p. 70
The Renaissance Translation	p. 104
The Renaissance Drama	p. 127
The Renaissance Epic	p. 144
The Renaissance Pastoral and Romance	p. 162
Rabelais and Montaigne	p. 178
Shakespeare's Classics	p. 194
The Renaissance and Afterwards Lyric Poetry	p. 219
Transition	p. 255
The Battle of the Books	p. 261
A Note on Baroque	p. 289
Baroque Tragedy	p. 293
Satire	p. 303
Baroque Prose	p. 322
The Time of Revolution	p. 355
Parnassus and Antichrist	p. 437
	p. 466
The Symbolist Poets and James Joyce	p. 501
The Reinterpretation of the Myths	p. 520
Conclusion	p. 541
Brief Bibliography	p. 550
Index	p. 707
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